See You in My Dreams

[My other novel, “Marrying My Nemesis's Older Brother by Contract,” is now available | sweet on the outside, dark within x bright and sunny]

[Heavily revised. The only complete and polished authorized version is on Jinjiang.]

One day, the laid-back office worker Qiao Jian began dreaming every night about Shen Zhaocheng, a company director she'd only glimpsed from afar a few times.

In her dreams, the dashing, wealthy, irresistible Shen Zhaocheng had not only fallen for her, but spoiled her rotten, and eventually they walked down the aisle. A few more nights of dreaming and their kids would be crawling all over the place.

Qiao Jian woke up every day feeling baffled.

A domineering CEO romance dream, all soft and sweet? How old was she now?

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In real life, Qiao Jian stepped into the elevator and pressed the door-open button when she saw someone walking toward it.

Once he stepped inside, she let go of the button and called out “Director Shen” along with everyone else in the elevator.

That was the first thing she'd ever said to him.

Qiao Jian thought of last night's dream. The dashing gentleman in the perfectly tailored suit before her had been wearing matching teddy-bear pajamas with her, tossing and turning as he agonized over a pet name for their daughter, who hadn't even been conceived yet.

She couldn't help smiling to herself.

Shen Zhaocheng glanced down at her lazily, the corners of his eyes curving into a tender smile. In the silence, he suddenly said, “Let's just call her Xiao Qiao.”

Everyone in the elevator gasped and stared at the two of them as if they'd just heard some huge piece of gossip.

Qiao Jian's smile froze. She looked up at him, about to say something, when the elevator doors slowly opened.

Seeing her bewildered expression, Shen Zhaocheng smiled. Before stepping out, he casually left her with one last remark: “It's nothing. I thought it was you last night.”

Everyone in the elevator: ...?!!

Qiao Jian: ...?!!

#We'd barely spoken, and the director had already picked out our child's name#

[Refined, elegant, mischievous gentleman x Gentle, resilient little angel]

* A sweet romance-focused story, with plenty of authorial license (especially regarding the workplace; readers who value accuracy, beware).

* This is contemporary romance! No supernatural elements (* - v - *)

Note: The story idea and blurb were archived / the preorder opened on [2021-09-22].

My other novel, “Kiss Me Before You Leave,” is now available.

Blurb:

When Jiang Yu was in high school, she had a crush on Lin Yuansong, the refined older boy who lived in the big house next to her grandmother's.

He was the kind of perfect boy everyone else's parents wished they had. He could do anything, except fall for her.

Before they parted, she asked him to kiss her on the forehead. He only adjusted his narrow gold-rimmed glasses, smiled faintly, and said,

“Be good. Don't be silly.”

She would never forget the calm, unruffled way he'd said those words.

So when she heard him say them again one day, years later, she froze.

“Be good. Don't be silly.”

Lin Yuansong blocked her escape at the office door. Expressionless, he adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, looking almost aggrieved. “Jiang Yu, you haven't kissed me before leaving today.”

...Who was being silly here?

Jiang Yu was speechless. “Boss, if I don't clock in soon, I'll be late for work.”

* I just want to drag a so-called perfect male lead off his pedestal and make him suffer for love|Reunited from the start, with a long road to winning her back

* Warning: There will be flashbacks to the female lead's secret crush.

* Before they reunite, the female lead has dated; the male lead has remained emotionally and physically untouched.

* Eight-year age gap, 1v1, happy ending, both are each other's first.

Contemporary romance preorder: “Partners in a Secret Marriage”

Blurb:

1.

Yu Siyi only ever stanned one celebrity: Wei Qing, the lead singer of the legendary band FOR.

What she liked most about him wasn't how dazzling he was onstage or how fans adored him. It was how he was a refined gentleman in everyday life, elegant and spotless, cool yet gentle, known as “Immortal Wei.”

He was practically dancing on her kink!

Yu Siyi posted an impassioned declaration on Weibo:

“Someone as perfect as Wei Qing belongs to everyone! If he were to fall prey to worldly desires and secretly get married, that would be an unforgivable sin!”

Until Yu Siyi ran into Wei Qing in person.

On a nighttime street, the wind lifted the hem of his white shirt, revealing his sharp silhouette. He was alone, holding a bottle of alcohol in one hand and a cigarette in the other, looking world-weary and unruly.

An immortal who smokes... and drinks...

With a crash, Wei Qing's image in Yu Siyi's heart completely shattered.

She'd just paid her fan club's annual fee, but she didn't care about the money. She packed up and fled the scene of the fallen idol that very night, turning from a fan into a hater.

Yu Siyi thought this sudden, one-sided ill-fated romance had started and ended just like that, until she came face to face with the man she'd once longed for at the arranged marriage meeting her family had set up.

He smiled at her gently, just like the moment she'd first fallen for him.

2.

On the day they got their marriage certificates, Yu Siyi went home with her head full of plans for how to lay down some ground rules with Wei Qing and keep their distance.

Like a gentleman, Wei Qing stopped her from bumping into the corner of a table when she wandered the wrong way in a daze, then gestured for her to look at the computer screen.

Yu Siyi thought it was some agreement he'd drafted. She leaned over to look, then turned pale on the spot.

It was her fan account on Weibo!

Wei Qing skipped right past her posts from when she'd unfollowed him and turned against him, stopping at her impassioned declaration.

“You'd better think this through.”

Seeing her cover her nose, Wei Qing put out his cigarette with his bare hand.

A trace of amusement lingered in his clear, distant eyes. His voice was gentle: “From now on, we'll be accomplices.”

* Spirited sweetheart x aloof, arrogant heartthrob

* Marriage first, love later, but no long-term plotting. Their feelings develop naturally. Sweet and doting throughout. 1v1, both are each other's first, happy ending.

Theme: When one door closes, another opens.